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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính	Blue-headed Parrot	Turquoise-fronted Amazon
Tên Khoa Học	Pionus menstruus	Amazona aestiva
Bộ	Psittaciformes	Psittaciformes
Họ	Psittacidae	Psittacidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn	Least Concern	Near Threatened
Chiều Dài	—	36,0 cm (14.2 in)
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh	36,2 cm (14.3 in)	55,0 cm (21.7 in)
Khối Lượng	242,75 g (8.56 oz)	400,0 g (14.11 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn	--	Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and flowers. Feeds in tree canopy in noisy flocks. Occasionally raids …
Số Trứng	2-4	1-5
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Blue-headed Parrot —

Turquoise-fronted Amazon 36,0 cm

Chiều Dài Sải Cánh

Blue-headed Parrot 36,2 cm

Turquoise-fronted Amazon 55,0 cm

Khối Lượng

Blue-headed Parrot 242,75 g

Turquoise-fronted Amazon 400,0 g

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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

🌲 Forest

Blue-headed Parrot only

Không

Turquoise-fronted Amazon only

Không

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Tropical and subtropical forests, woodland, savanna, and palm groves in South America.

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Song & Call Comparison

Blue-headed Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Tiếng Hót

Loud, raucous squawking and screaming calls. Capable of impressive vocal mimicry including human speech. Contact call is a rolling 'arr-arr'. Highly vocal in social groups.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-headed Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Interior of South America including Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Blue-headed Parrot

Near Threatened

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blue-headed Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Bộ Lông

Green body with a turquoise-blue forehead, yellow face, and red and blue wing patches. Red at the bend of the wing visible in flight.

Mỏ

Strong, hooked, dark grey upper mandible with a paler lower mandible

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About These Birds

Blue-headed Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

The turquoise-fronted amazon is one of the most popular pet parrots in the world, prized for its ability to mimic human speech and its engaging personality. In the wild, these sociable parrots roost communally in large flocks and fly in pairs to feeding sites at dawn. Habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade threaten wild populations.

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